DaPonte String Quartet - Pathways to Healing: Music of Beethoven & Mendelssohn (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: I. Assai sostenuto-Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: II. Allegro ma non tanto
03. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: III. Molto adagio
04. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace
05. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: V. Allegro appassionato
06. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, MWV R22: I. Adagio-Allegro vivace
07. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, MWV R22: II. Adagio non lento
08. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, MWV R22: III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto-Allegro di molto
09. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, MWV R22: IV. Presto-Adagio non lento

The two pieces chosen for this new recording are based around a central theme: healing. Beethoven’s String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 was written after Beethoven had recovered from a serious illness which he, at the time, worried would be fatal. He had been afflicted during the entire winter of 1824-25, and headed the third movement with the words “Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart” (Holy song of thanksgiving of a convalescent to the Deity, in the Lydian Mode). The Mendelssohn quartet is inspired by a different kind of healing, and was composed a few months after the death of Ludwig van Beethoven. It is heavily inspired by Beethoven’s late works, and is one of the most significant examples of cyclic form in music. The DaPonte Quartet is based in Maine, and has a mission to connect audiences to composers and their influences by bringing to life the human context of each score’s creation.

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